THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY. 



Vol. 1. 



Pliiladelpliia, August 1, 1S36. 



No. 2. 



Pul>!is?iecl l»y 

 AIOORE &. \V ATEK.HOUSE, 



JVo. 67 South Second St. Phlla. 

 One Dollar per year. 



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Oil Iiiiprovecl §liort Horns. 



From a valuable paper on tin* "Points by 

 which Live Stock are judged," contained in 

 the Edinburgh Quarterly Journal of Agri- 

 culture, furnished by Ja-mes Dickson, an emi- 

 nent cattle dealer, we make the following 

 extracts : — 



" When we survey the frame of a short-horn 



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ox, we have a straight level back from be- 

 liind the horns to the top of the tail, full but- 

 tocks, and a projpctincr brisket; we have, in 

 short, the rectangn'cir form, as represented in 

 a side view by Fig. 1 ; we have, also the 

 level loin across the hook bones, and the lev- 

 el top of the shoulder across the ox, and per- 

 pendicular lines down the hind and fore legs 

 on both sides, these constitutmg the sauare 

 form, when tlie ox is viewed before and be 



